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GB2440186B - Protection circuit and method - Google Patents

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GB2440186B - Protection circuit and method - Google Patents

Protection circuit and method

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Publication number
GB2440186B
GB2440186B GB0625573A GB0625573A GB2440186B GB 2440186 B GB2440186 B GB 2440186B GB 0625573 A GB0625573 A GB 0625573A GB 0625573 A GB0625573 A GB 0625573A GB 2440186 B GB2440186 B GB 2440186B Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
protection circuit
protection
circuit
Prior art date
2006-07-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
GB0625573A
Other versions
GB0625573D0 (en
GB2440186A (en
Inventor
Colin Findlay Steele
Catherine Ann Hearne
David Paul Singleton
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Cirrus Logic International UK Ltd
Original Assignee
Wolfson Microelectronics PLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
2006-07-14
Filing date
2006-12-21
Publication date
2011-05-18
2006-12-21 Application filed by Wolfson Microelectronics PLC filed Critical Wolfson Microelectronics PLC
2007-01-31 Publication of GB0625573D0 publication Critical patent/GB0625573D0/en
2007-07-06 Priority to TW096124767A priority Critical patent/TWI386104B/en
2007-07-10 Priority to US11/822,831 priority patent/US7884557B2/en
2007-07-13 Priority to PCT/GB2007/002623 priority patent/WO2008007106A1/en
2008-01-23 Publication of GB2440186A publication Critical patent/GB2440186A/en
2011-05-18 Application granted granted Critical
2011-05-18 Publication of GB2440186B publication Critical patent/GB2440186B/en
Status Active legal-status Critical Current
2026-12-21 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/001—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection limiting speed of change of electric quantities, e.g. soft switching on or off
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/48—Picture signal generators
    • H04N1/482—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components
    • H04N1/484—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components with sequential colour illumination of the original
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H11/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for preventing the switching-on in case an undesired electric working condition might result
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/005—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection avoiding undesired transient conditions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/02—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection responsive to excess current
    • H02H9/025—Current limitation using field effect transistors
    • H05B33/0833—
    • H05B33/0845—
    • H05B33/0875—
    • H05B33/089—
    • H05B37/02—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
    • H05B45/22—Controlling the colour of the light using optical feedback
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/30—Driver circuits
    • H05B45/395—Linear regulators
    • H05B45/397—Current mirror circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/30—Driver circuits
    • H05B45/32—Pulse-control circuits
    • H05B45/325—Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps
    • Y02B20/30—Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Led Devices (AREA)
  • Circuit Arrangement For Electric Light Sources In General (AREA)
  • Facsimile Scanning Arrangements (AREA)
GB0625573A 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Protection circuit and method Active GB2440186B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
TW096124767A TWI386104B (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-06 Protection circuit and method
US11/822,831 US7884557B2 (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-10 Protection circuit and method
PCT/GB2007/002623 WO2008007106A1 (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-13 Protection circuit and method

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0614096.6A GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0625573D0 GB0625573D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB2440186A GB2440186A (en) 2008-01-23
GB2440186B true GB2440186B (en) 2011-05-18

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Family Applications (4)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB0614096.6A Ceased GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver
GB0625573A Active GB2440186B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Protection circuit and method
GB0804150A Expired - Fee Related GB2452791B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Light source array and method
GB0625574A Active GB2436404B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Driver apparatus and method

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB0614096.6A Ceased GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver

Family Applications After (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0804150A Expired - Fee Related GB2452791B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Light source array and method
GB0625574A Active GB2436404B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Driver apparatus and method

Country Status (2)

Country Link
GB (4) GB0614096D0 (en)
TW (2) TWI386104B (en)

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GB1437874A (en) * 1974-07-31 1976-06-03 Post Office Opto-couplers
DE102004007278A1 (en) * 2003-03-27 2004-10-07 Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems Gmbh Interior lighting system especially suitable for aircraft, is controlled by pulsed switches in parallel with light emitting diodes, operated by control circuit
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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
TW200806007A (en) 2008-01-16
GB2436404B (en) 2009-02-25
GB0625573D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB2452791B (en) 2009-09-16
GB2436404A8 (en) 2007-10-02
GB0804150D0 (en) 2008-04-09
GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-08-23
GB2436404A (en) 2007-09-26
TWI400936B (en) 2013-07-01
GB2440186A (en) 2008-01-23
TW200824492A (en) 2008-06-01
TWI386104B (en) 2013-02-11
GB0625574D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB2452791A (en) 2009-03-18

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